JPH10136471A - Remote control device with voice guidance - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable information corresponding to instruction information to be confirmed by voice. SOLUTION: A code reader (11, 12) for reading information of a code printing unit 31 which codes command information and voice information corresponding to the command information, and converts the information read by the code reader into command information and voice information. The data discriminating unit 13 to be separated, the audio reproducing unit 14 and the earphone 15A for reproducing the audio information separated by the data discriminating unit, the memory 16 for storing the separated command information, and the start of remote control signal transmission by an external operation. Send button 17 to command
And a transmission control unit 18 for transmitting command information in the memory 16 from the infrared light communication interface 19 to the main unit 20 when a transmission start command is issued.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device with voice guidance suitable for karaoke music selection, VTR G code, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a remote control device of a karaoke system, a song selection code printed in a bar code is input to a karaoke song list book using an attached bar code reader, thereby accumulating song selection code data. A device has been known in which the data is transmitted to the karaoke main unit by infrared light communication as needed to select music.

On the other hand, there is also known a method of printing voice information by coding it as a bar code (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-23).
No. 1466).

[0004]

However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional karaoke system, the transmitted data is confirmed by displaying the transmitted music selection code and music title on a TV monitor. There was such a problem. You cannot check the data before sending it, it is displayed during karaoke performance, so the design of the monitor screen is poor, the contents of the selected songs are known to others who are present, and when you remember the name of the song, Until it starts, you can't check if the song selection is correct.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control device with voice guidance that can confirm information corresponding to command information by voice.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote control device for reading coded information and transmitting the coded information to the apparatus by a remote control signal. Code reading means (11, 12) for reading information of a code printing section which codes information and voice information corresponding to the command information, and information for separating the information read by the code reading means into command information and voice information Separating means (13); and sound reproducing means (14, 1) for reproducing sound from the sound information separated by the information separating means.
5, 15A), storage means (16) for storing the command information separated by the information separation means, and transmission command means (17) for commanding the start of remote control signal transmission by an external operation.
And transmission control means (18) for transmitting command information of the storage means to the main unit when a transmission start command is issued from the transmission command means.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a remote control device with voice guidance according to the present invention. The remote control device 10 of this embodiment will be described with an example in which the karaoke unit 20 transmits the tune information (tune selection code and performance information) from the karaoke tune list 30.

[0008] The karaoke song list book 30 is composed of song selection codes and features of the songs (such as rust portions and start portions).
Is provided with a code printing unit 31 that prints two types of data of the performance information of each of the above-mentioned data by converting them into special codes (MMP).

The remote control device 10 includes a scanner unit 11 and
A decoding unit 12, a data determination unit 13, an audio reproduction processing unit 14, an earphone terminal 15, an earphone 15A, a memory 16, a transmission button 17, a transmission control unit 18, an infrared light communication interface 19, and the like. It has.

The scanner section 11 is a section for optically scanning and reading the code of the code printing section 31, and its output is
The signal is input to the decoding unit 12. The decoding unit 12 is a unit that decodes the coded image data read by the scanner unit 11, and outputs the data to the data discriminating unit 13.
Is input to The scanner unit 11 and the decoding unit 12 constitute a code reader unit.

The data discriminating section 13 is a section for selecting the data decoded by the decoding section 12 into music selection codes and performance information. The performance information is input to the audio reproduction processing section 14 and the music selection codes are stored in the memory 16. Is input to

The audio reproduction processing unit 14 includes a data discriminating unit 13
This is a part for performing a sound reproduction process on the performance data from the. The output is connected from an earphone terminal 15 to an earphone 15A. The earphone 15A generates a sound signal from the sound reproduction processing unit 15 as a performance sound via the earphone terminal 15.

The memory 16 is a part for storing music selection code data, and exchanges data with the communication control unit 18. The transmission button 17 is a part for outputting a transmission start command by an external operation.
It is connected to the. The transmission control unit 18 includes a transmission button 17
On the basis of the transmission start command from, the music selection code stored in the memory 16 is called and output to the infrared optical communication interface 19.

The infrared light communication interface 19 is a part for converting music selection data from the transmission control unit 18 into an infrared light signal, and its output can be transmitted to the karaoke unit 20.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the remote control device with voice guidance according to the present embodiment. First, the scanner unit 11 of the remote control device 10 is scanned by hitting the code printing unit 31 of the karaoke tune list book 30 to read the code (S101).

The input data is decoded by the decoding unit 12 (S102), and the data discriminating unit 13 discriminates whether or not it is a music selection code (S103).

If it is a music selection code, the music selection code is stored in the memory 16 (S106). If it is not a song selection code, that is, if it is performance information,
The sound is reproduced by the sound reproduction processing unit 14 (S10).
4) Output the performance signal of the characteristic portion to the earphone terminal 15 (S105). Here, the operator uses the earphone 15A.
Then, the user listens to the characteristic portion of the music piece, confirms the music piece, and if correct, presses the send button 17 to issue a transmission start command.

The transmission control unit 18 determines whether or not there is a transmission start command (S107). If there is a transmission command, the transmission control unit 18 calls a music selection code from the memory 16 (S10).
8) An infrared signal is output to the infrared light communication interface 19 (S109), and the music selection code is
Sent to.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, before transmitting the music selection code to the karaoke unit 20,
Since the user can hear the characteristic portion of the music piece, it is easy to confirm the selected music piece. Also, since the confirmation of the music can be carried out personally with the earphone 15A,
Do not disturb the atmosphere during karaoke.

Various modifications and changes are possible without being limited to the above-described embodiment, and these are also within the equivalent scope of the present invention. For example, in addition to karaoke, V
The present invention can be applied to a G code reservation of a TR, a remote control operation instructed by an instruction manual of an air conditioner and other electric appliances, and the like.

[0021]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to listen to the voice information corresponding to the command information before transmitting the command information to the apparatus. It can be done easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a remote control device with voice guidance according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the remote control device with voice guidance according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Remote control device 11 Scanner part 12 Decoding part 13 Data judgment part 14 Audio reproduction processing part 15 Earphone terminal 15A Earphone 16 Memory 17 Send button 18 Transmission control part 19 Infrared light communication interface 20 Karaoke machine 30 Karaoke music list book 31 Code printing Department

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote control device for reading coded information and transmitting the information to the apparatus by a remote control signal, comprising: information of a code printing unit which codes command information and audio information corresponding to the command information. Code reading means for reading information; information separating means for separating information read by the code reading means into command information and voice information; voice playing means for voice playing the voice information separated by the information separating means; Storage means for storing the command information separated by the separation means, transmission instruction means for instructing the start of transmission of the remote control signal by an external operation, and when there is a transmission start instruction from the transmission instruction means,
A remote control device with voice guidance, comprising: transmission control means for transmitting the command information of the storage means to the main unit.